When the prisoners ran Walpole : a true story in the movement for prison abolition - Bissonette, Jamie (Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, 2008)
Introduction -- Preamble: constructing punishment in Massachusetts -- Confronting the moral dilemma of Massachusetts prisons: Francis Sargent and his administration -- The new commissioner: from corrections to abolition -- The beginning: constructing corrections in Massachusetts -- Resistance, rebellion, and declaration: creating a culture of resistance -- Dynamic and determined: the National Prisoners Reform Association--Walpole chapter -- The struggle for voice and sovereignty: the NPRA negotiates power -- Stealing time: the NPRA takes over -- Soul contraband: observers witness terror and change -- Readjustment and resistance: the state police takeback -- The struggle for existence: death knell for reform? -- Those who dared: the promise of abolition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-245) and index.
Keywords: Prisoners -- Massachusetts; Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole -- History -- 20th century; Labor unions -- Massachusetts